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No. 555,555. Patented Mar. 17, 1895.

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THOMAS H. PROSSER, OF BOYEO, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FIFTIIS TO MARK YOUNG, OF FRANKSTON, VICTORIA.

CLOTHES-PEG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,555, dated March 17, 1896.

Application filed December 21, 1895. serial No. 572,916. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HENRY PROS- SER, teacher, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of Boyeo, in the Colony of Victoria, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Pegs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is intended to provide a clothes-peg or fastening device which maybe used for attaching clothing to lines or for analogous purposes.

The invention is one of that class in which the peg is wholly constructed of a single piece of metallic wire and so arranged that after having once been placed upon a line (although it can be disconnected instantly, if desired) it will naturally remain connected thereto, notwithstanding the attachment or detachment of clothes from time to time. The dropping of pegs to the ground and their subsequent loss as well as the trouble of carrying pegs to and from the line are thus obviated.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a side view of one of my pegs clamped in its clothes-holding position upon a line A. Fig. 2 shows the same arrangement of peg and line in end view, and Fig. 3 shows an end view of the peg on the line in the inverted position the peg naturally assumes while not in use holding clothes. Fig. 4 shows a plan view from above, and Fig. 5 a plan view from beneath, of the parts as arranged in 1; and Fig. 6 shows a sectional plan view on the line L L in Fig. 1. Fig. '7 shows in perspective a partially-formed peg whereby the construction may be more easily understood. The peg consists of two pairs of oppositely-set clamping-loops O c and D d, each set adapted to inclose the line between the loops thereof, with a central connectingbar B and two central spring-arms E e, which may be connected to or disconnected from one another at their bases, as required, and when connected have a tendency to spring upward so as to keep the catch secure, the said arms being also adapted to inclose the line between them. 7

Referring to the figures, in which A indi cates a clothes-line, each peg is adapted to grip or press the same at five points on each sideviz., C C E D D on one side and c c e d d 011 the other sideas shown particularly by Fig. 6. The loops 0 0 meet atG (an indent at one end of B) and G, (a bend,) respectively, and loops D cl meet in a like manner at H H. In the case of each pair of loops there isa less distance between the pair at their upper part than the diameter of any line with which the peg is to be used, while, owing to the diverging offsets or outward curved feet F f, which form the lower ends of the loops, the distance between each pair of loops at the point for the entrance of the line between the same is greater than the diameter of such line.

Fig. 7 shows the center bar B having at its respective ends the indents Gand H, and completed loops 0 and d, which form the direct continuation of the wire from G and H, and are situated on opposite sides of the vertical plane PP, Figs. 2 and 4. When the loops 0 and D are made, (also on opposite sides of the plane P P,) the free ends of the wire are bent over the indents G and H, extending thence obliquely down to their meeting point from the opposite sides of said indents, as clearly seen in Figs. 1 and 4:. These arms E c diverge gradually from the central plane P P, Fig. 2, as they extend downward from G H and upward from the catch K 7c at their free ends until the transverse distance m to m between them in a plane M M joining the bases of the loops exceeds the diameter of the line with which the peg is to be used.

By placing the article to be hung to the line 011 the same and then pressing one pair of loops 0 c or D d over the same in the position shown by Figs. 1 and 2 the article will be gripped and securely pressed against the line by the loops, which, being forced apart by the entrance of the line and article between them, will naturally tend to spring to their original position. Loops O 0 may hold one article to the line and loops D d another, or the same article may be held by both sets of loops, if required, on account of its weight or to provide against strong wind.

To remove the peg from clothing held by it all that is necessary is to push it upward either 011 one side or wholly. If the latter, the center of gravity of the peg becoming higher than the line and the loops losing their grip thereon the peg will tend to overturn and take the position shown in Fig. 3. I11 this position there Will be no tension on the loops 0 C d D, so that the life of the peg in good condition will thus be preserved. The line A will, however, be held between the narrow part of the arms E e at their end near the catch K 7:, and may by pressure on the peg be secured there with sufiieient tightness to keep the pegs from sliding along the line when the latter is inclined. So much fixity of the peg will not, however, take place by the mere weight of the peg when in the position of Fig. 3 as to prevent the pegs from being adapted to slide along the line when they are slightly pushed or the line is jerked.

Having now particularly described the said invention, I claim 1. In a clothes-peg, the combination of a center bar B, the loops 0 c at one end of the bar and opposite each other, the loops D d at the other end of the bar and opposite each other and the arms E e forming extensions of the said loops, said arms engaging the center bar and engaging each other, substantially as described.

2. The combination of center bar B, loops C 0 extending down from one end of the bar and opposite each other and D (Z extending from the other end of the barB and opposite each other and indents GI-I receiving portions of the loop-arms substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In combination, in a clothes-pin, the center bar B, the loops at the ends thereof, the arms E e forming continuation of the loops engaging the center bar and extending down on opposite sides of the same, said arms being detachably connected at their lower ends and being bent to be at the greatest distance from each other at the point m, m.

4:. In combination, the center bar B having the indents G H near its opposite ends, the loops G c at one end of the bar and opposite each other the loops D, (Z at the other end of the bar and opposite each other to straddle the rope, the arms E, e, forming eontinuations of the loops passing through the indents and the catch K, k, at the ends of the arms for holding them together, said loops having the offset parts F, f, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing wit 

